From 29914bf7438d9cb8cc167e0d86f15e0d61635b26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jhb Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 23:03:17 +0000 Subject: Update release notes to note that FreeBSD/i386 requires at least an 80486 and also requires a floating point unit. Reviewed by: hrs, scottl --- release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/i386/proc-i386.sgml | 10 +++++----- release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/pc98/proc-pc98.sgml | 2 +- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'release') diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/i386/proc-i386.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/i386/proc-i386.sgml index 8e37741..d528640 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/i386/proc-i386.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/i386/proc-i386.sgml @@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ list all combinations of equipment supported by &os;. Nevertheless, some general guidelines are presented here. - Almost all i386-compatible processors are supported. All - Intel processors beginning with the 80386 are supported, including - the 80386, 80486, Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, + Almost all i386-compatible processors with a floating point unit + are supported. All + Intel processors beginning with the 80486 are supported, including + the 80486, Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium 4, and variants thereof, such as the Xeon and Celeron - processors. (However, &os; 5.2-RELEASE and later no longer support - the 80386SX processor.) All i386-compatible AMD + processors. All i386-compatible AMD processors are also supported, including the Am486, Am5x86, K5, K6 (and variants), Athlon (including Athlon-MP, Athlon-XP, Athlon-4, and Athlon Thunderbird), and Duron processors. The AMD diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/pc98/proc-pc98.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/pc98/proc-pc98.sgml index f730eba..7a73151 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/pc98/proc-pc98.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/pc98/proc-pc98.sgml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Supported Systems NEC PC-9801/9821 series with almost all i386-compatible processors, - including 80386, 80486, Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, and variants. + including 80486, Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, and variants. All i386-compatible processors by AMD, Cyrix, IBM, and IDT are also supported. -- cgit v1.1